logan

plural logans · alternative loggan · alternative roggan

1. A rocking or balanced stone.

plural logans

1. MaineVermontA pokelogan.

plural Logans

1. countableuncountableA village east of Cumnock, East Ayrshire council area, Scotland, from lagan (“dell”) (OS grid ref NS5920).
2. countableuncountableA Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic, from the village in Ayrshire.
3. countableuncountableA surname from Irish, a variant of Lohan.
4. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname. Used since at least the 19th century, and popular in the 2000s.

   Col. Cresop, the last spring, in cold blood, and unprovoked, murdered all the relations of Logan, not sparing even my women and children. - - - Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life. Who is there to mourn for Logan? No one.

   1782 Thomas Jefferson: Notes on the State of Virginia: ( Chief Logan's Lament )

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   "How about Logan?" "That's it. The perfect name!" I exclaimed. Starla liked the name, and I thought it was exceedingly cool because one of the most exciting characters in the X-Men comics is also named Logan (nicknamed Wolverine). - - - I didn't tell Starla about the comic book connection because she would probably think I was being stupid.

   2003, Dale Alderman, Being a Dad: The Stuff No One Told Me., →ISBN, page 18

5. countableuncountableA female given name transferred from the surname, of 1990s and later usage; much less common than the male name.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Cullman County, Alabama.
   2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Benton County, Arkansas.
   3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Brouilletts Creek Township, Edgar County, Illinois.
   4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Dearborn County, Indiana; named for nearby Logan Creek.
   5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana.
   6. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Harrison County, Iowa; named for Union Army general John A. Logan.
   7. countableuncountableA minor city in Phillips County, Kansas; named for John A. Logan.
   8. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Greene County, Missouri; named for a local family.
   9. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Missouri; named for landowners William and Hetty E. Logan.
   10. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Gallatin County, Montana; named for Capt. William Logan, who participated in the campaign against American Indians in Montana.
   11. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Nebraska.
   12. countableuncountableA village in Quay County, New Mexico.
   13. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Hocking County, Ohio; named for Mingo leader Chief Logan.
   14. countableuncountableA neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
   15. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Cache County, Utah; named for the river rising in the Bear River Mts.
   16. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Logan County, West Virginia; named for Chief Logan.
   17. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in the town of Breed, Oconto County, Wisconsin.
   18. countableuncountableA number of townships in the United States, listed under Logan Township.
   19. countableuncountableA river in the United States, flowing from the Bear River Mountains in Idaho into the Little Bear River at Benson, Utah.
7. countableuncountableA locality in the Shire of Loddon and the Shire of Northern Grampians, north western Victoria, Australia
8. countableuncountableA river in Queensland, Australia; flowing from near Mount Barney into the Moreton Bay at Woongoolba.
9. countableuncountableA local government area in south-east Queensland, Australia, named after Patrick Logan; in full, the City of Logan.